Why John Elway made the right call retaining Vance Joseph
The Denver Broncos and GM John Elway surprisingly retained head coach Vance Joseph. Here are a few reasons it was the right call to make…
The NFL is a brutal league. So much so, that the Monday following the final week of the season is known as ‘Black Monday’ because so many coaches are fired.
For Denver Broncos fans, the expectation on Monday was to hear — at some point — that John Elway was firing first-year head coach Vance Joseph after one season.
That news never came. In fact, Elway himself took to Twitter on Monday to announce the very opposite:
Vance and I had a great talk this morning about our plan to attack this offseason and get better as a team. We believe in Vance as our head coach. Together, we'll put in the work to improve in all areas and win in 2018.
— John Elway (@johnelway) January 1, 2018
Elway’s decision has not been met with unanimous joy from Broncos Country.
As a matter of fact, much of the Broncos fan community on Twitter was irate with his decision to keep Joseph instead of making a big change.
Instead, Elway and Joseph got together and made adjustments to the coaching staff, relieving offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert, running backs coach/assistant head coach Eric Studesville, outside linebackers coach Fred Pagac, assistant defensive backs coach Johnnie Lynn, and special teams coordinator Brock Olivo.
While the decision to retain Joseph was met with a lot of rightful criticism, I think there are a number of valid reasons for keeping him around.
Let’s explore them…